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Southern Mom was born in 1957. In 2014, I kept telling her that it was her “Golden Year” because she was TURNING 57, and she was BORN in 1957. Little did I know that less than two months after her birthday, she’d be gone. Whenever I see the number 57, on an interstate exit in particular, I always think of her.

Doug Banks, my FAVORITE radio DJ of all-time, passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 57.

Yesterday, we lost my boo, the ultimate performer, the greatest musician, an icon. How old was he? Fifty-seven. Prince Rogers Nelson is the ultimate instrumentalist. I say “is” because it’s still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that he is gone.

I have loved Prince for as long as I can remember. One of my first memories of Prince is “Purple Rain”. As young as 8 or 9 (probably younger) every time I would go to my uncle’s house, I would ask him if I could borrow his “Purple Rain” VHS tape. I would watch that movie multiple times a week before I took it back to his house. It got to the point that one day he just told me he would get me my own copy.

For my 10th birthday, I got the tape of “Diamonds and Pearls”. I was SO happy to get that doggone tape. One day, I took it to daycare so we could dance to it. And my BFF lost it. I went SLAM OFF on her. I was so upset! I had it less than a week, and she LOST IT! Thankfully, it was recovered, but I learned then not to let anyone mess with/hold/borrow my stuff.

One of my bucket list items was to see Prince perform live. Despite the circumstances, I was BEYOND thrilled to see him perform in Baltimore last year. My linesister B and I had floor seats!!!! It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. And while I missed his DC show, I didn’t worry too much when he announced he was going on tour again in 2016, because I just KNEW I would get to see him perform again. Alas, that is not to happen in this lifetime.

It’s still surreal to me. I just can’t believe that he’s gone. I feel like there’s so much more he has to do. There’s so much more the fans have to see and hear and do.

Prince was unapologetic about who he was. He was about the music. He was about living your truth. He wasn’t the biggest man or the tallest man or the most masculine man, but he could have any woman (ANY WOMAN) he wanted. Even guys respected Prince because he was a bad-ass. As my friends on Facebook have said, “he was the original Mr. Steal Your Girl”.

While I am upset that I won’t get to see him this summer, I will remember how his music made me feel. How I still dance and sing to the “Purple Rain” soundtrack (heck, really any Prince album). How amazing it was to see him on stage last year. And how he changed the music industry. Prayers to his family, friends, loved ones, and fans.

Prince Rogers Nelson, you were one-of-a-kind, ahead of your time, and you will be forever in my heart.

Until next time, I’m just a Southern girl…in the city.

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard of and come across certain stories that make me wonder, “What the heck were you thinking?!” One of them is the story of Desmond Hatchett, a 33 year old Knoxville man that has fathered 30 (yes, you read correctly THIRTY) children with 11 different women. Mr. Hatchett has asked the state of Tennessee to assist him in his child support payments because he can’t afford it anymore. I not only blame him, I fault these women. When I ventured into internet dating, a man messaged me that had 7 children. I quickly deleted his message without responding and never looked back. (Crazy thing, he also messaged my sorority sister (in a completely different state than me), too, but that’s a post for a different day.) What made woman number 6 or 7 (let alone 10 and 11) think, “Oh, he’s a catch, he’s cute-let me go ahead and sleep with him”? I swear, people are stupid. I tell my friends this, but I’ll share this with you all, too. People, America, my SGITC readers-think about the person you’re about to sleep with. Could you see yourself having a child with this person? Could you imagine this person being in your life forever? If not, keep it in your pants!!!! I honestly feel sorry for these children. This has to be the most disgusting thing I’ve seen in a long, long time.

For my fellow “Basketball Wives” viewers, how many of you all wanted to slap Kesha last week? Yes, Tami was wrong and WAY out of order, but why was Kesha acting like a punk? UGH!!! I was so disgusted watching that whole episode. And now Tracey Edmonds (ex-Mrs. Babyface) and Shaunie want to put this mess on the big screen??? #icant Who is going to pay to watch these chicks in a movie theater? Not I. I feel like these reality shows have gotten out of hand. And to show how these little girls are looking up to these reality stars…I have started watching “Tanisha Gets Married”. (Don’t judge me.) Tanisha was a cast member on “The Bad Girls Club” and has gone on to host the BGC reunions and other shows on Oxygen. During last week’s episode, a little girl went up to Tanisha to get her autograph and told her, “When I grow up, I want to be on ‘The Bad Girls Club’.” Tanisha quicky corrected the girl and say, “No, you don’t!” Let this be a lesson to all little girls and young ladies in the world-even the women who are ignorant, crazy, and deranged on these shows want you to strive for more.

UPDATE: Can I also add that I’m quite perturbed that Tia Mowry AND Pooch Hall are leaving “The Game”??? So, I guess this means the show will have it’s last season next year. It’s been real.

I’m not a lawyer (even though I had hopes of being one until I turned 23), but I don’t care what anybody says, George Zimmerman needs to stand trial. If he had stayed in his car, Trayvon Martin might be alive today. The media needs to let authorities do their job. But I will say this will be tried in the case of public opinion before it gets to a courtroom. And I know he has a family and other loved ones, but if your brother, son, husband, or whatever did something wrong, you need to let him know he was wrong-end of story.

That’s all I have for today. Until next time, I’m just a Southern girl…in the city!